Reuters reports that Tomasz Stanko, a Polish trumpeter, composer and prominent figure in avant-garde and free jazz for decades, died on Sunday at the age of 76. This according to the Polish Jazz Association.<br />Stanko was born in Rzeszow in southern Poland in 1942. He made his debut in the late 1950s in Krakow. He later gained a global reputation playing alongside jazz luminaries such as drummer Jack deJohnette and bassist Dave Holland. <br />
